Teaching

Teaching, Current and Recent Courses

CURRENT:

AG BM 430: U.S. Food and Agricultural Policy

  • Deep dive into all sorts of food and agricultural policies.
  • When possible, uses data to investigate whether policies are behaving as intended
  • Fulfills a 400-level AGBM requirement

Syllabus: AGBM 430 Syllabus and Timetable Fall 2023

AG BM 170N: Exploring the U.S. Food System from Farm to Table

  • Into course on the U.S. food system.
  • Serves as a Gen Ed requirement (GS and US, or Inter-domain)
  • Fulfill 100-level AGBM requirement, and serves as a required foundation course for the Food Systems minor
  • Investigates where our food is coming from and why, plus the causes and consequences.
  • Strong focus on eight specific case-study crops.

Syllabus: AG BM 170 Syllabus and Timetable Spring 2024

OLD:

EFEE 510:  Econometrics I

  • First-semester PhD-level course in econometrics.
  • Classical linear regression model – estimation and inference.
  • General linear regression model – heteroscedastiticy and serial correlation.
  • Endogeneity concerns and instrumental variables
  • Maximum Likelihood With Probit/Logit examples

Syllabus: AEREC 510 Syllabus Fall 2019

AGBM/INTAG 470A,B:  Comparing Agricultural and Food Systems in the U.S. and France

  • Featuring an embedded two-week trip to Paris!
  • Policy-oriented topics (GMOs, Organic, Diet and Health, etc.)
  • Case studies to compare and contrast policies and cultures (e.g., Canola/rapesee, strawberries, cheese, etc.)
  • Paris trip hosted by AgroParisTech University.

Syllabus: INTAG470 Syllabus Spring 2016

Jaenicke’s (former) blog for the INTAG/AG BM 470 A, B:  PennStateGoestoParis.

AGBM 101:  Economic Principles of Agribusiness Decision Making

Introductory course that applies microeconomic principles to agribusiness and agricultural situations:

  • Models of supply and demand
  • Utility-maximizing decisions by individuals
  • Profit-maximizing decisions by firms. 
  • Agricultural policy and international trade. 

Syllabus: AG BM 101 Syllabus and Timetable Fall 2015

A BM 308W:  Strategic Decision Making in Agribusiness

Junior-level course featuring business case studies and game-based decision scenarios in these areas:

  • Company-wide decisions and firm boundaries – Porter’s Five Forces framework, horizontal and vertical integration, economies of scale and scope, and make or buy decisions.
  • Strategic Procurement – Input purchases via commodity markets, auctions, or contracts.
  • Strategic Marketing -the four P’s of marketing:  product, pricing, placement, and promotion. 

AG BM 308W: Strategic Decision Making in Agribusiness. Syllabus_AGBM308W_2012.pdf

 AEREC 503:  Agricultural Marketing

Masters/PhD course on marketing, retailing, and I/O in the food and agricultural sector.

  • Oligopolistic pricing
  • Manufacturer-Retailer competition – Private Labels, Horizontal Positioning, Slotting Fees
  • Retailing – Price Disperson, Store Format, Spatial Competition
  • Retailer-Consumer tranactions – Loyalty, Coupons

AEREC 503:  Ag Marketing (Competition in Food Manufacturing and Retailing). AEREC 503 syllabus.doc

 

Skip to toolbar